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One of Six Police Officers Implicated in Freddie Gray Case Acquitted of Charges On Monday, May 23, Officer Edward M. Nero, one of six police officers implicated in the arrest…
Day: May 29, 2016
Senior Retrospective: Julian Plovnick
When I was accepted to Vassar, I was sure it was a mistake. In my mind, Vassar was more than a reach for me. I was just your average, schlubby…
Senior Retrospective: Palak Patel
I’ve thought about writing a senior retrospective ever since my sophomore year. I’ve written this retrospective a million times in the past two years, thinking and rethinking the different ways…
Senior Retrospective: Joshua Sherman
In almost any essay, short story, or news story I’ve ever written, it’s always been really hard for me to begin the ending. This right here is an ending, of…
Senior Retrospective: Farah Aziz
I ’m in denial about leaving Vassar. Denial is convenient. I pretend that I still have classes to attend, meetings to schedule, events to plan and friends to spend time…
Senior Retrospective: Noble Ingram
When I tried on a high-school-era blazer I was hoping would still fit me for Formal, I found three pink packing peanuts in an interior pocket. I was standing in…
Senior Retrospective: Ben Glasner
It seems in many ways to me, that asking a senior to write a retrospective on the eve of graduation is remarkably cruel. This is a job that would have…
Senior Retrospective: Fiona Chen
And with this, I can check “write for The Miscellany News” off my bucket list. I’m sure that by the time this issue is published, however, there will be plenty…
Senior Retrospective: Chris Brown
I t’s currently 1 a.m. on a Tuesday, and I’m sitting in my room alone in the dark listening to “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers while…
Senior Retrospective: Ramy Abbady
In the week and a half leading up to movein day at Vassar, I experienced many early mornings. I had said goodbye to nearly all of my best friends from…